02/10/2017

Englanti: Ei enää tukirahaa aurinkovoimalle

A solar power farm running without a government
subsidy opened 26 Sep 2017 in Great Britain, eastern England, due to more
accessible renewable energy as costs are significantly decreasing. Coal and
nuclear plants planned to close in 2020s need to be replaced, therefore Britain
has to invest in new energy capacity.

The cost of solar panels and
batteries fell remarkably over the last years, and the first subsidy -free
development at Clayhill is an important step for clean energy in the UK, as
announced by the minister for Climate Change and Industry, Claire Perry.

The
electricity generation of the 10 megawatt (MW) solar farm, in Bedfordshire,
Clayhill, is enough to power 2,500 homes. It also has a 6 MW battery storage
facility.For the sake of reducing increasing renewable subsidy costs, the
government gave up on new subsidies for solar projects and onshore wind during
the last years. [emp]